Here is this week’s Around the Web news roundup of Star Wars and beyond.

Book News

Penguin Random House is doing a special Star Wars giveaway contest for the holidays with tons of goodies for the winners. Click here to enter.

The next Star Wars Insider short fiction piece will be by Mur Lafferty and called “Voices of the Empire.” It ties in with Catalyst and Rogue One and will feature artwork by Jason Chan. The story is about a reporter for the Holo Net News named Calliope Drouth who runs into Orson Krennic. Del Rey has a sneak peak on their Facebook page.

From the Clone Wars and the Rebellion to the clashes with the First Order, the galaxy is defined by war. Star Wars: On the Front Lines chronicles the tactics, weapons, and armor used in pivotal battles along with profiling acts of valor achieved during the campaign. By focusing on elements of the battles that occurred “off screen,” this collection brings the struggles faced by ground soldiers and starfighter pilots to life like never before and places the reader on the battle lines.

John Jackson Miller‘s new Star Trek novel The Jackal’s Trick came out this week and you can now pick up signed copies from his online store.

Martha Wells has a new novella that will be coming out next Summer called The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red. This is the first of two sci-fi novellas that will be part of a series, both written by Martha. TOR.com has more details.

There’s a new printing coming from Marvel of the old Star Wars newspaper strip comics. Volume 1 has a page up on Amazon. Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Newspaper Strip Vol. 1 is slated for release next February.

Roger Christian‘s new book Cinema Alchemist is out in hardcover and digital formats in the UK. You may recall Roger talking about the book some time back on Rebel Force Radio. For us fans in the states, we’ll have to wait until July but you can pre-order on Amazon.

Can’t recall if this is old news or not, but the blurb for Life Debt: Aftermath is out.

Here is this week’s Around the Web news roundup of Star Wars and beyond.

Book News

Don’t forget The Perfect Weapon eBook by Delilah S. Dawson will be out next Tuesday. You can find pre-order links on Random House’s official product page.

The paperback release of Kevin Hearne‘s Heir to the Jedi will also be out next Tuesday.

Comic News

If you’re a completist comic collector, it’s time to quit or cry. The Chip Zdarsky Vader Down #1 variant cover is so rare that there are only about 12 of them and they’re going for $3,800. You can pick one up at Dynamic Forces if you’ve got the cash, but make it quick because they only have 3 copies.